News:Congresses

EUDR: Everything you need to know about the "Deforestation-free" Regulation

It was due to come into force on 31 December 2024, but has been postponed for a year. And for good reason: nobody was ready, whether economic operators or the authorities. So there is still time to get to grips with it and prepare for it. At the Cosmetic Valley’s 22nd Congress on Regulatory Issues - Fragrance & Cosmetics, held on 20 and 21 November 2024, Thomas Delille, of the law firm Squire Patton Boggs, presented a decoding of what he called “a veritable jewel of regulatory engineering th...

Consumers and sun protection: the current situation

During the Cosmetic Days organised by Cosmed in early December 2024, Valérie Rager-Brossard, Director of Customer Relations at the Appinio research institute, presented an overview of the uses and understanding of sun protection products by French consumers. The findings were mixed…

French DGCCRF: an update on the 2023, 2024 and 2025 inspections

At the Cosmetic Valley’s 22nd Congress on Regulatory Issues - Fragrance & Cosmetics, held on 20 and 21 November 2024, DGCCRF representatives Virginie Gallerand, Nathalie Delion, Flore Pluvinage and Isabelle van Hamme presented the results of investigations carried out in 2023, gave an update on controls in 2024 and announced the outlook for 2025.

The implementation of French Anses' “cosmetics” missions

One year ago, Anses became a new player in the French cosmetics safety landscape. At the Cosmetic Valley’s 22nd Congress on Regulatory Issues - Fragrance & Cosmetics, Sandrine Charles and Élodie Lontsi presented the implementation of their new missions concerning the vigilance and evaluation of cosmetic substances and products.

Perfumes & Cosmetics Congress 2024: the Q&A of the authorities

Following their respective speeches at the Cosmetic Valley’s 22nd Congress on Regulatory Issues - Fragrance & Cosmetics, held on 20 and 21 November 2024, the representatives of the French cosmetics control authorities, the Anses and the DGCCRF, answered questions from congress attendees. On the menu: status of certain ingredients, claims, cosmetovigilance, control philosophies…

Monday, May 20, 2019

Packaging: an external sign of wealth

The packaging is thousands of years old. Since time immemorial, humans have invented containers to store and transport different types of goods. Over ...

Monday, May 13, 2019

The French market for essential oils

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They are widely talked about, praised for their properties, criticized for their allergenicity, pointed out by the control authorities when their clai...

Monday, May 6, 2019

REACH and essential oils

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Cosmetics, food, biocide, medical devices… depending on their destinations, essential oils are governed by several different regulations. To add to th...

Monday, April 29, 2019

Understanding everything at CMRs

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What is a CMR? By what process is a harmonized classification of a substance achieved? What are the impacts in cosmetics? During the Regulatory Meetin...

Wednesday, April 24, 2019

International cosmetic controls: the results of Cosmed's survey

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How are cosmetic products exported abroad controlled by the national authorities of the different countries? At the March 2019 International Meeting, ...

Wednesday, April 17, 2019

Essential oils and endocrine disruption

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With regard to the endocrine system, are essential oils active or disruptive substances? It is to this question that Jean-Marc Giroux, Doctor of Pharm...

Monday, April 15, 2019

DGCCRF: Market surveillance 2017, 2018 and 2019

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During the Regulatory Meeting organised by Cosmed on 21 March 2019, Catherine Argoyti and Céline Nowak presented the actions of the DGCCRF in terms of...

Wednesday, April 10, 2019

E-commerce in China: key figures and main players

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The easiest way to export cosmetics to China is certainly to use the Internet, whether through traditional or cross-border e-commerce. During the Inte...

Wednesday, April 10, 2019

History of art and beauty: a thousand-year-old proximity

“When art inspires cosmetic innovation” was the theme chosen for the 10th edition of the U’Cosmetics student competition. If the subject seems extreme...

Monday, April 8, 2019

French ANSM: the results of the 2018 inspections

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At the Regulatory Meeting organised by Cosmed on 21 March 2019, Vanessa Picot, Cosmetics Inspector of the French ANSM, presented the results of the Ag...

Monday, April 1, 2019

European regulatory news: an update by Salvatore D'Acunto

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As usual, Salvatore D’Acunto, Head of Unit - Health Technologies and Cosmetics of the European Commission, spoke at the Regulatory Meetings organised ...

Monday, March 18, 2019

UV filter assessment in the USA and Europe

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The methods used to assess the safety of UV filters in the United States and Europe are much different. At the 3rdCosmeticDays organized by Cosmed, Ch...